Frederick Sadleir Brereton

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Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Sadleir Brereton, CBE (5 August 1872 – 12 August 1957) who often wrote under the name Captain Brereton, was a British Army medical officer and an author of children's books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.[1]

Early career

Brereton was commissioned into the

captain on 29 January 1899. During the Second Boer War he was attached as a medical officer to the Scots Guards.[2] He retired his commission on 22 November 1902, after the end of the war in South Africa.[3]

First World War

Brereton served again in the RAMC during the

Personal life

Brereton married Ethel Lamb in 1898 and Isobel Murdoch in 1953.

Bibliography

Title Year Publisher Main character Notes
With Rifle and Bayonet: A Story of the Boer War 1900 Blackie and Son
With Shield and Assegai: A Tale of the Zulu War 1900 Blackie and Son
In the King's Service: Cromwell's Invasion of Ireland 1901 Blackie and Son
A Gallant Grenadier: A Tale of the Crimean War 1901 Blackie and Son
In the Grip of the Mullah: A Tale of Adventure in Somaliland 1903 Charles Scribner's Sons
One of the Fighting Scouts 1903 Blackie and Son
A Hero of Lucknow: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny 1905 Blackie and Son
Indian and Scout: A Tale of Gold Rush to California 1905 Blackie and Son
Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish–American War 1905 Stitt Publishing Company
A Soldier of Japan: A Tale of the Russo-Japanese War 1906 Blackie and Son
A Knight of St. John: A Tale of the Siege of Malta 1906 Blackie and Son Martin Trentall 384 Pages, Illustrations by W. Rainey
Jones of the 64th. A Tale of the Battles of Assaye and Laswaree 1907 Blackie and Son
Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico 1907 Blackie and Son
How Canada Was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec 1908 Blackie and Son
Roughriders of the Pampas: A Tale of Ranch Life in South America 1908 H. M. Caldwell Company
With Wolseley to Kumasi: A Tale of the First Ashanti War 1908 Blackie and Son
John Bargreave's Gold 1910
Indian and Scout: A Tale of the Gold Rush to California 1911 H. M. Caldwell Company
The Great Aeroplane: A Thrilling Tale of Adventure 1911 Blackie and Son
The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal 1912 Blackie and Son Jim Partington 384 Pages, Illustrations by William Rainey
Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia 1912 Blackie and Son David Harbor 363 Pages, Illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon
A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration 1913 Blackie and Son
King of Ranleigh: A School Story 1913 S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.
The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure 1914 Blackie and Son Dicky Hamshaw 360 Pages, Illustrations by C.M. Padday
With the Dyaks of Borneo: A Tale of the Head Hunters 1914 Blackie and Son
With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula 1914 Blackie and Son
Under French's Command: A Story of the Western Front from Neuve Chapelle to Loos 1915 Blackie and Son
With Joffre at Verdun: A Story of the Western Front 1916 Blackie and Son
With Our Russian Allies: A Tale of Cossack Fighting in the Eastern Campaign 1916 Blackie and Son 376 pages
On the Road to Bagdad: A Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris 1917 Blackie and Son
Under Haig in Flanders: A Story of Vimy, Messines and Ypres 1917 Blackie and Son illustrated by J.E. Sutcliffe, 286 pages
The Armoured-Car Scouts: A Tale of the Campaign in the Caucasus 1918 Blackie and Son
With Allenby in Palestine: A Story of the Latest Crusade 1920 Blackie and Son
Scouts of the Baghdad Patrols 1921 Cassell and Company
Clothing: An Account of Its Types and Manufacture 1931
Hemel Hempstead Through the Ages 1938

References

  1. ^ Paris, Michael (2004). "Over The Top: The Great War and Juvenile Literature in Britain". Praeger. p. 39.
  2. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1902
  3. ^ "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
  4. ^ "Lt.-Col. Frederick Sadleir Brereton".

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